Ques. : 1 Which of the following
countries slashed the price of gas it supplies to India by almost half by
removing a floor and cap in the pricing formula recently?
1) Qatar
2) Iran3) Iraq4) Saudi Arabia5) TajikistanAnswer:- 1) Qatar

Ques. : 7 Which two PSBs jointly won the award for ‘Cheque
Truncation System’ under the mid-sized category at the ‘National Payments
Excellence Awards 2015’ recently?
1) Canara Bank and Indian Bank
2) Bank of India and Indian Bank
3) PNB Bank and Canara Bank
4) Corporation Bank and Indian Bank
5) PNB and Indian Bank
Answer:- 4) Corporation Bank and Indian Bank

Ques. : 8 The Army Day is celebrated every year in India, in
recognition of Lieutenant General KM Cariappa’s taking over as the first
Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army on
1) 2 Jan
2) 4 Jan
3) 5 Jan
4) 10 Jan
5) 15 Jan
Answer:- 5) 15Jan

Ques. : 10 Abidali Neemuchwala took over as the new CEO of which
of the following IT firms in India recently?
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) HCL
4) Wipro
5) Tech Mahindra
Answer:- 4) Wipro

6 JANUARY 2016

Ques. : 1 The banks will have to report
cash deposits aggregating ________ or more in a financial year in one or more
accounts of a person starting 1 Apr according to a govt notification.
1) Rs 2 lakh
2) Rs 5 lakh3) Rs 8 lakh4) Rs 10 lakh5) Rs 15 lakhAnswer:- 4) Rs 10 lakh

Ques. : 4 The RBI imposed a penalty of Rs 1 cr on which of the
following associate banks of the SBI for violation of some of its instructions?
1) State Bank of Patiala
2) State Bank of Mysore
3) State Bank of Hyderabad
4) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
5) State Bank of Travancore
Answer:- 5) State Bank of Travancore

Ques. : 5 The classy innings of 281 against Australia at the
Eden Gardens in Kolkata of who among the following Indian cricketers has been
rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years in a poll conducted
by the digital magazine ‘Cricket Monthly’?
1) Rahul Dravid
2) VVS Laxman
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Virendra Sehwag
Answer:- 2) VVS Laxman

Ques. : 6 Who among the following won the Best Woman Cricketer
Award in senior player category for the season 2014-15 at the BCCI annual
awards recently?
1) Soniya Dabir
2) Harmanpreet Kaur
3) Mitali Raj
4) Jhulan Goswami
5) Archana Das
Answer:- 3) Mitali Raj

Ques. : 7 The Under-19 World Cup Cricket Tournament is scheduled
to be held in which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Afghanistan
5) Kenya
Answer:- 1) Bangladesh

Ques. : 9 Despite international sanctions, which of the
following countries conducted a nuclear test on 6 Jan claimed to be a thermonuclear
or hydrogen bomb?
1) Iran
2) Syria
3) Vietnam
4) Cuba
5) North Korea
Answer:- 5) North Korea

Ques. : 10 Which of the following countries has/have NOT signed
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) so far?
1) United States
2) Iran
3) Egypt
4) Israel
5) All the above
Answer:- 5) All the above

8 JANUARY 2016

Ques. : 1 The ‘Wattan Ko Jano’
initiative is being carried out by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in
coordination with which state govt aimed at exposing youth from the state to
the rest of the country?
1) Jammu & Kashmir
2) Punjab3) Manipur4) Assam5) Uttar PradeshAnswer:- 1) Jammu & Kashmir

Ques. : 3 The 11th international conference of media experts and
communication specialists from around the world will be organised by the Global
Communication Association (GCA) in
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Mysuru
4) Jaipur
5) Chennai
Answer:- 3) Mysuru

Ques. : 4 The Karnataka’s Tourism and the National Academy of
Sciences of India (NASI) have signed an MoU to set up a Cauvery river gallery
in
1) Mysuru
2) Dharwad
3) Chikkamagaluru
4) Bidar
5) Bellary
Answer:- 1) Mysuru

Ques. : 5 Which state govt has decided to implement the umbrella
health scheme ‘Sampoorna Arogya Keralam’ project announced in the 2015-16 State
budget?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these

Ques. : 1 The Central govt allowed
‘Jallikattu’ or bull taming sport played in which of the following states
recently? It is played during Pongal festival.
1) Karnataka
2) Andhra Pradesh3) Kerala4) Maharashtra5) Tamil NaduAnswer:- 5) Tamil Nadu

Ques. : 5 Who among the following has been appointed as
Registrar General and Census Commissioner?
1) C Chandramouli
2) SY Quraishi
3) Sailesh
4) VS Sampath
5) HS Brahma
Answer:- 3) Sailesh

Ques. : 6 The Indo-French military exercise was conducted in
Rajasthan recently. What is the name given to the exercise?
1) Hand-in-hand-2016
2) INDRA-2016
3) Shakti-2016
4) Yudh Abhyas-2016
5) Malabar-2016
Answer:- 3) Shakti-2016

Ques. : 7 The govt on 7 Jan announced to merge the ministry of
overseas Indian affairs (MOIA) with the external affairs ministry. Which of the
following is a flagship event of the MOIA?
1) National Youth Day
2) Good Governance Day
3) SAARC Day
4) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Ques. : 10 For the first time in history, the army contingent of
which of the following countries will be a part of the Republic Day parade 2016
along with the Indian Armed forces?
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) UK
5) France
Answer:- 5) France

11 JANUARY 2016

Ques. : 1 The Ministry of Urban
Development has commissioned Quality Council of India (QCI) to do an extensive
survey on the progress of Swachh Bharat Mission which will survey all state
capitals and another 53 cities with a population above
1) one million
2) two million3) three million4) four million5) five millionAnswer:- 1) one million

Ques. : 2 The govt will issue U-WIN number to workers engaged in
unorganised sector to facilitate them to access social schemes and benefits.
The term U-WIN stands for
1) Universal Workers’ Identification Number
2) Unorganised Workforce Identification Number
3) Underprivileged Workers Identification Number
4) Unorganised Workers Identification Number
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Unorganised Workers Identification Number '

Ques. : 3 The country code domain of which of the following
countries has become the world’s most commonly used in the internet with 16.36
million users?
1) India (.in)
'2) Germany (.de)
3) China (.cn)
'4) UK (.uk)
5) Australia (.au)
Answer:- 3) China (.cn)

Ques. : 4 The HRD Minister Smriti Irani recently inaugurated the
43rd edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair. Which of the following is the
guest of honour country this year?
1) China
2) Germany
3) France
4) Australia
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) China

Ques. : 6 Which country was recently elected to the Unicef
executive board, representing the group of Asia-Pacific countries for the term
2016-2018?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Malaysia
4) Sri Lanka
5) Nepal
Answer:- 5) Nepal

Ques. : 5 As announced by CM Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra is
observing 2016 as
1) Employment Year
2) Cane Year
3) Digital Year
4) Cotton Year
5) Electricity Year
Answer:- 3) Digital Year

Ques. : 6 Who among the following has won the Ballon d'Or award
for world's best football player for fifth time recently?
1) Neymar
2) Cristiano Ronaldo
3) Lionel Messi
4) Ronaldinho
5) Luis Suarez
Answer:- 3) Lionel Messi

Ques. : 8 The noted singer-songwriter David Bowie died recently.
He was a ________ citizen.
1) US
2) German
3) French
4) British
5) Italian
Answer:- 4) British

Ques. : 9 The colourful Kullu folk dance (Nati) has entered the
Guinness book of world records for record number of participants during Kullu
Dushehra festival. It is a popular dance of
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim
5) Himachal Pradesh
Answer:- 5) Himachal Pradesh